Uttar Gaya of Betrawati is a Hindu pilgrimage that lies in Nuwakot District of Nepal.
Lord Shiva created a small river by using a stick of bamboo, which is called Beta.
Gaya is famous for offering food like pinda (rice balls) to ancestors by the living sons and daughters along a spiritual performance called Shraddha.
Gaya Shradhda is a responsibility of each generation towards their ancestors who are believed to be in the heavenly place, Pitrilok.
Nilkantha Mahadev temple was found after a search according to a divine dream to a local resident Shanta Bahadur Tamang.